In the service, when a man gives you his word, his word is binding. In politics, you never know.

Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.

The world no longer has a choice between force and law; if civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred never to use. That new language is the language of atomic warfare.

Most things which are urgent are not important, and most things which are important are not urgent.

As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.

Civilization owes to the Islamic world some of its most important tools and achievements...the Muslim genius has added much to the culture of all peoples.